URSULINE


Meaning of URSULINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈər-sə-lən, -ˌlīn, -ˌlēn ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin Ursulina, from Ursula Saint Ursula, legendary Christian martyr

Date: 1693

: a member of any of several Roman Catholic teaching orders of nuns ; especially : a member of a teaching order founded by St. Angela Merici in Brescia, Italy, in 1535

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.